Al Jazeera America has some great work in obtaining the official NSA talking points via a Freedom of Information Act request. As might be expected, the agency tells its people to use the attacks on September 11, 2001 to manipulate public opinion into accepting unacceptable levels of surveillance. As I have maintained over and over again for years, our overreaction to 9/11 has done exponentially more damage to the nation than any terrorist attack ever could. I penned my latest thoughts on the attacks last month in my piece: How I Remember September 11, 2001.
One of the highlights, actually lowlights, of the document is what the NSA refers to as a “soundbite that resonates.” Here it is:
I much prefer to be here today explaining these programs, than explaining another 9/11 event that we were not able to prevent.
More from Al Jazeera America:
The National Security Agency advised its officials to cite the 9/11 attacks as justification for its mass surveillance activities, according to a master list of NSA talking points.
The document, obtained by Al Jazeera through a Freedom of Information Act request, contains talking points and suggested statements for NSA officials (PDF) responding to the fallout from media revelations that originated with former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
Invoking the events of 9/11 to justify the controversial NSA programs, which have caused major diplomatic fallout around the world, was the top item on the talking points that agency officials were encouraged to use.
Under the subheading “Sound Bites That Resonate,” the document suggests the statement “I much prefer to be here today explaining these programs, than explaining another 9/11 event that we were not able to prevent.”
The NSA has not yet turned over to Al Jazeera the documents the agency used to prepare the talking points, saying those materials require additional review before they can be released.
I can only imagine what’s in those…
The master talking points list goes on to explain, under a subheading titled “We Needed to Connect the Dots,” that “post-9/11 we made several changes and added a number of capabilities to enable us to connect the dots.”
I suppose there were too many dots to connect in the Boston bombing. Oh let me guess, if you only had more spy powers you could’ve stopped it!
Full article and link to the source documents here.
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And, of course, 9/11 was an inside job.
Physicist Steven Jones:
A few more links:
Face to Face with Dr. Niels Harrit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC3Se86IBAw
9/11 Airplane Affidavit By John Lear, Son Of Learjet Inventor:
http://beforeitsnews.com/9-11-and-ground-zero/2012/03/911-airplane-affidavit-by-john-lear-son-of-learjet-inventor-1935777.html
Sept. 11 – The New Pearl Harbor
http://www.luogocomune.net/site/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticle&artid=167
US readies for $400 bln nuclear arms upgrade
http://rt.com/usa/atomic-nuclear-upgrades-needed-043/
I have a bit of training in hand writing analysis, along with non-verbal communication cues, speech analysis, etc., all pursuant to basically being a human lie detector. It’s more art than science — and it’s not possible to be 100% perfect in analysis. But you’d be surprised by how well you can train yourself to spot stuff. All that said, this person’s signature is absolutely fascinating. Here we have Pamela N. Phillips, who is the “chief” dealing with dispatch of freedom of information requests related to the NSA. The signature exhibits EXACTLY the sort of personality traits the government would want in a person holding that position: i.e., extreme attention to covering oneself, along with artistic flair of exposition. Notice the two Ps in the name are totally bizarre, O-like in appearance and totally circling the wagons of the lead of the names. Notice the totally whacky N that has a left leg that covers the core of nearly the entire first name. Who the hell writes N like that? It took effort to develop the habit of using the left leg of the N to cover the core of the first name.
I’m sure many will read my comment and scoff. But there’s actually a forensic science of hand writing analysis and it isn’t all just goofy fortune telling craft and hocus pocus. This particular signature is almost “textbook” in quality, a perfect example of a sheltering and obfuscating personality. Normally, I would never bother to point something out like this. But this particular example is so eye-popping and obvious I just couldn’t resist.